‘We want to teach our children, you can either wake up and cry and woe-is-me or you can get up and fight,’ his wife, Sarah, said.

Breast cancer in men accounts for less than 1 percent of all breast cancer cases. According to the American Cancer Society, an estimated 500 men out of the 2,670 men diagnosed in 2019 will die from breast cancer.

DiNardo had no history of cancer in his family, nor any risk factors. As he continues his fight with cancer, he now goes for regular check-ups every four months. He hopes his story will raise awareness about breast cancer in men so that others will get tested.

The brave dad told WKYC that tries his best to appreciate every day that he is given, even though the battle against cancer is difficult.

“Unfortunately, it’s part of our life but it’s not our life,” he said. “It opens my eyes to the bigger things in life, not the little things that used to derail us.”

“It’s very cliche to say,” he added, “but I could be hit by a bus tomorrow, I could have a heart attack tomorrow. So to sit there and say that this stage 4 cancer is going to shorten my life or take me out early or whatever, that just makes me appreciate every day.”

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